Explanatory note

This Order designates as a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 the area within a distance of 250 metres from the site of the wreck of a seventeenth century vessel, which vessel the Secretary of State is satisfied ought to be protected from unauthorised interference on account of its historical and archaeological importance.

The position given by the co-ordinates in article 2(1) of the Order is the position for use on Admiralty charts based on datum OSGB 36. The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses WGS 84 as its datum. The GPS position of the site would be given as Latitude 50°3'.807 North, Longitude 5°17'.437 West unless a conversion factor was used to modify the display.